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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep;103(3):943-944.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0736.

Bulla Formation and Tension Pneumothorax in a Patient with COVID-19

Kosuke Yasukawa, Arathy Vamadevan, Rosemarie Rollins
Case Reports

Bulla Formation and Tension Pneumothorax in a Patient with COVID-19

Kosuke Yasukawa et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Patchy airspace disease scattered throughout both lungs with a peripheral predominance. (B) A large right pneumothorax with leftward shift of mediastinal structures and re-demonstration of patchy airspace opacities throughout both lungs.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
An air-filled bulla is seen lateral to the right hilum (arrow). There is a small residual right pneumothorax following right chest tube placement.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Computed tomography of the chest demonstrating extensive bilateral infiltrates consistent with COVID-19 pneumonia and a right mid-lung bulla measuring 5.6 cm (anteroposteriorly) by 3.3 cm transversely by 2.7 cm craniocaudally. Transverse view (A) and coronal view (B).
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